The Sun. — London, England, 1808-08-22 00:00:00

:mops of the, Trinces of the Confederation of the Itoint have received orders 'to hold themselves in readiness to march at the first signal ; it is still re piirtcd that they are destined for Italy, but it is snore generally thought that they will not leave Germany. Eizt.siNGnort6H, AuG. 9.—Sir JAMES SAUMAIIEZ is about to proceed with the ViQory, and some other Ships, into the Gulph of Finland, for the pur pose, it is stated, of communicating to his Swedish Majesty some intelligence, or overtures, which have rea4.:lted him from Russia, I fancy through Denmark. Captain HOPE is the bearer of dispatches to our Go .ertnnettt on the subjeet. Vie have almost daily in tercourse with Denmark. I was at Elsineur sonic days since in a Flag of Truce, and experienced from the Dines much civility. I believe they are heartily tired of French connexion, and tam satisfied that • a like sentiment prevails along the shores of the Bal tic. Our cruizers in their occasional intercourse with the land, by Flags of Truce or otherwise, are every where received %kith kindness, particularly in Russia, where the Government appears to participate in the friendly disposition so strongly manifested by the people. GOTTENBURGH, AUG. 9.—ln my last, I commu nicated to you a report then prevalent here, that Russia was about to join France against Austria—the statement was said to rest on the authority of re speMable letters from Russia. I have made all the inquiry in my power, but have not been Mlle either to s-e any of those letters, or to find out by whom they have been received. All the information I can coiled is, that Russia is indefatigable in reinforcing her already powerful army, and that a division of troops, which was on its route from Esthonia, to Join the army in Finland, was countermanded when within two days' march of the capital, and it was expected would be sent back.—Tlie treaty between the Austrian and Russian Courts, for the mutual de livery of deserters, has been followed by several commercial arrangements, which, although unim portant in theniselvei, are at the present moment of ilterest, as they shew the increasing amity between tile two Empires: A great number of Surgeons, at Vienna, Sc. have received permission from the Em peror to cuter the Russian service ; and leave has been granted to Russian Commissaries to draw sup plies of corn, &c. from Galicia, although the expor tation to Silesia, wher6 it is touch wanted, is rigidly prohibited. MAILS. AititlVlD-z Dublin, z Waterford. Duz-3 Gottenbargh, Waterford,. PRICE 01: sTocKs THIS DAY AT TWELVE o'CLO.CX. CODSOIS . - 66 65,} I Ortutium . 4 1 dis, THE SUN. 1101.11 M QUIS DIC&RE NALSUM AUCZAT ? LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1808. WE received this morning Dutch Papers to the 17th inst. and Moniteurs to the tith, from which we have made the following extra.% :'"•" ST. PETIRSBURGH, JULY 20.-By an Imperial Ukase, bearing date 22d June, it has been enatied, that no Futiign Vessels of any Nation whatever, which has set sail from Sweden, or touched at a Swedish Port, shall be admitted in any Russian har bour, during the present War with his Swedish Ma jesty, and that during the same period no Ships shall be admitted to sail from any Russian Port for Sweden, neither in ballast or laden. Lastly, that in ease of any Russian commodities being shipped for a foreign harbour, the proprietor of such goods shall make an affidavit that they are not intended for any subjeas of Powers at war with Russia. WARSAW, JULY 23,---The Polish emigrants in the pay of France are now assembling at Lowicz. Marshal Prince DAVOUST is to review them, and they are in daily expeaation of orders to march to France. FLORENCE. JULY 22.—Prince General MENOU, in his quality of Governor General, has assumed the Command in Chief of the troops in Tuscany. General FtORILLA has removed to Cremona, to the great displeasure of the inhabitants of this city. The Tuscan Troops are now in Spain, end letters from Perpignan, of the Bth instant, state, that they defeat ed the Rebels on the 6th and 7th, and took from them two pieces of clionon. On the Bth our Troops joined a French corps composed of 8000 men, who 1%0 been conveyed to Spain in waggons.. NAPLES, JULY 30.—Marshal .I.ovßDArt, Gover nor of Naples, set out yesterday fur Spain, wlierc Ile is to have a command in the Army of his Ma jesty the Bing of Spain, with the title of Major- G erie rll. He has delivered his cotnmancl in the xing ) :lo9l of Naples to REGNI;g, General of Divi sion, whose departure for Spain is not to take.place. 'SftztabrA, JULY 27.—1 n the last sitting of the States of Lower Austria it was resolved to provide, it their own expunce, 300,000 suits of regimentals for the less wealthy individuals who form part of the National Militia. FRANXFORT, AUG. 3.—The Grand Duke of Hassz has ordered•the Code of NAPOLEON to be in troduced in his dominions, Several movemen'ts are at present observed among the troops of the Princes of the Confederacy of the Rhine, which seem to be the result of some general measure. It is reported, that all the troops of the above Princes are to be ready about the end of this month, to march at the shortest notice, and that some corps of them are to assemble in Mayence. PARIS, ‘i G. '.--According to certain intelligence received from Naples, the Gcanci Duke of BERG Veai on the IF.i of this month proclaimed King. of Na ples; in case of the Princess CAROLINE ,orviving her Royal Consort, she is to ascend the throne. The . new King has published a Proclamation, by which he declares that he . will abide by the Constitution promulgated by his Majesty JusErn NAPOLEON, and guaranteed by the Emperor. A letter from Nantes of the 3d inst. contains the following passage :—" The English have exhibited almost under our eyes, a fresh proof of the inso lence with which they openly violate the most sacred principles of the law of nations. The American Ship Comet, which was sent with a flag of truce from the Government of. the United States of America, with Dispatches for their Ambassadors in Paris, was yes terday taken by an English Frigate, stationed off .our Harbour, the very moment she was working in, after having landed five American Passengers, who were on board. The Frigate shaped her course for England, taking with her not only the said Ship, but also the above dispatches and the bearer thereof. This fresh a6t of violence, committed against the flag of the United States, will probably at length induce them to adopt such measures as are best calculated to crush the insolence of that Na tion, which knows no bounds." FRANKFORT Auo. .2.—The exchange of Couriers continues very frequent, especially by the way of Suit gard t, and if we may judge from the speed of the Cou riers and the consequence of the persons employed to carry the dispatches, the latter must be of very great importance, and we may - expect, as the result of them, the greatest events. The horses of his Serene Highness the Grand Duke of BERG have passed through this city in their way to Spain. Our Journals contain the following article, under the head of Lyons :—" Within- a short time a Ereit number of troops have passed through this city from the easterly parts of France. They are to be embarked on the Rhine, and after wards conveyed in carriages to Perpignan, whence they will march to join our army in" Catalonia— . are expected here, and among others a part of the Paris Guards. . From . the Northern parts of Italy, French troops are likewise on their way for the same destination. We are assured that the army in Spain. will be augmented to 150,000 men. This commotions in that Kingdorl-, are no t .appeased, but they are 'hot dangei'ous. Our army will soon be sufficiently reinforced to occupy with strong bodies of troops the mutinous provinces. The insurgents are'-not numerous in Valencia and Murcia ; throughout Catalonia tranquillity is already restored ; considerable tran , ports of provisions and ammunition have been sent from the Southern Pro vinces of France, by way of Perpignan. A consi derable corps of troops, under the comma nrt.of Mar shal MON CRY, is DOW in the Kingdom of Valencia, which will be joined by the corps under the com mand of - General DuirEsNIII. The greatest part of the English Fleets in the Me diterranean now cruize on the Southern coasts of Spain; one division was last week between Marseilles and Barcelona. The communication by sea with Spain is entirely cut off, and for several weeks no vessel has entered tiv harbour of Marseilles. AUGUST, 3 —Our Journals contain accounts from Austria, which state, that the recruiting for the battalions of Reserve in the Austrian States does not go on without difficulty—that in several provinces, particularly Carniolia, Gortz, Friuli, and part of Carinthia, the inhabitants have shewn so much re luaance to be enrolled, that very serious disturban ces have arisen, to quell which it has been necessary to call in the aid of the military. VIENNA, JULY 23.—The greatest exertions are made here in organizing the militia, and exercising them in the use of arms, and the Archduke JOHN has signified to the inhabitants of Trieste, that though they are free from the Conscription, it is their duty to do all in their power for the safety of their country, and to promote the salutary views of the sovereign. This has had so good an effed, that the merchants have not only raised many men, but subscribed considerable sums of money. The same Prince has likewise, by his presence, ap peased a trifling disturbance which took place at Trieste, on account of the protest made against American ships which attempted to unload their cargoes. The Emperor has received very graciously the present from the King of HULL/.ND, consisting of twenty-four very beautiful coach horses. CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 23.—The French Charg6 d'Affaires at the Ottoman Porte, M. DE LA TOUR NIANBOURG, received the 17th inst. a Courier from his Court, with Dispatches relative to the change which has lately tiken place in Spain, and has given official notice thereof to the Divan. The Spanish Ambassador at this Court, Marquis D'ALMENAKON, intends to depart for Spain in a few days. The whole Archipelazo, and in particular the Gulf Sa lonca is infested by numberless privateers, which greatly annoy the trade. 15.—The City of Belgrade, and all the works of that fortress, are occupied by the Russians. CZERNI GEORGE has left his peaceful retreat at Topolla, and taken up arms again.. Fhe Servians, who formerly anxiously desired the arrival of the Russians, would now be very glad to see them quit Belgrade. Notwithstanding the prolonga tion of the Armistice for two months, the move ments and warlike preparations of the Bavarians on the frontiers are daily increasing. VIENNA, JULY 24.—1 n Turkey there is a , report prevalent that a Peace with Russia may soon be ex peded, and that the Grand Seignior is firmly re solved not to recede from his alliance with France. ACeording to a private letter from Constantinople, : an English agent had arrived in that capital, in hopes that he would be able to bribe some members of the Divan, and seduce the Porte from her alliance with France; but he was discovered and sent away.— However this may be, it is at least certain, that the Court of London has lately offered to the Divan the most advantageous conditions of a separate Peace, which however have been rejected. BANKS OF TILE MAIN, JULY 30.—Several Ger man Newspapers state, that in the month of Sep tember of this year, three great Potentates of Europe will meet in one of the towns of Saxony. PARIS, AUG. 4.—The Privateer Le Point de Jour, of Dieppe, has taken and carried to Roscoff the Eng lish Letter of Marque Goodrich, richly laden with sugar, coffee, tobacco, &c. bound from Guernsey to Cadiz and Lisbon, to vi&ual the English ships which are lying there. HAMBURGH, JULY f26.—The Prince of Ponte Corvo arrived on the 17th at Tonningen. His High 7 _ ness was saluted on his arrival by the cannon of the battery and the Ships in the road. A pack of the Spanish Regiment which is in garrison at Tonningen, went out to meet the Prince : his Highness passed. those troops in review. On setting out for Husum, the Prince was escorted by Spanish troops, who so licited the favour of leaving with him a detachment to serve him as a guard.—(Moniteur, Aug, 5.) ST. PETERSBURGII, JULY g.—By an Imperial Ukase, the Commandants of all the Ports block aded by the English are fortici . den to suffer any loaded vessel of any 11 .;iton whatever to put to sea so long as blockade shall continue. This 'measure seems to have been provoked by the attempt which several Masters of Ships have made to open a coati - iland trade with the English, by exporting the produds of Russia for the pretended destination of Wirman, Rostock, and Lub,xk. Some Danish prisoners, while on board the English ships, heard the Engiish boast that they could carry on a .very good trade in the Baltic, in despite of the enemy.-111oniteur, Aug. 4. RATISBON, JULY 24.—A1l the Austrian troops stationed in Sclavonia have been reviewed by the Archduke Lours. We are assured that his Majesty has ordered some battalions from the Bannat, be cause he is convinced that the number of troops in Sclavonia is not sufficient to occupy, militarily, 211, the parts of that frontier..—(/lloniteur, Aug. 3.) A variety of reports have been circulated respect ing the nature of the Dispatches from Sit' JAMES by Capt. Hope. It has been e A e U n M o f n t E fi Z d , e nbrought e hone that they relate to a negoti ation entered into between the British Admiral and the Court of Russia ; but we are rather inclined to believe that they contain some details of the plan formed by Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ, in conjunction with the Swedes, to liberate the Spanish troops in. the North, particularly those in the Island of Funeo. We have reason to believe that this is an objea to which the British Government has particularly di reded its attention ; and we trust that we shall soon have it in our power to announce to our.Rcaders the complete success of the plan which has been formed. Letters and Papers from Hamburgh down to the sth have been received in this Country, by the way of Heligoland. The contents of all these articles tend to strengthen the accounts which we have sub mitted to our Readers raspeeting the probability of a speedy rupture between Austria and BUONAPARTE— we will not say France, because that Country is un happily debased into a miserable subserviency to the will of its Usurper. The French Troops that were in Poland have been ordered into Silesia, and large bodies from Hanover and other Countries on the Elbe, haVe been commanded to take the same diretlion. Not less than t (0,000 French Troops were expeCted to assemble on the frontiers of Aus tria in the course of the present montlL . These Troops, it is said, were to be commanded by DA.. VOUST, LASNES, SUCUIET, and MOISTIER. The chief command, however, was expe&ed to be given to MAtiSENA. But it was also expected that BOONA PARTE would put himself at the head of this Army, if he was under the necessity of proceeding to hos. tilities. On the other hand, we repeat the assurances, which we have given upon good authority, that the Austrian Army is upon the best footing, and that-, it is by no means apprehensive of the issue of the contest, and burns with impatience to retrieve. ill* 1 , honours it has log. Indeed, it is conficlentl said, that the Regular Force of Austria amounts 4Q three hundred thousand men, independently of all the aid it can derive from a we'd-organized Militia — and, if occasion should require, of a very numerous levy en mass. A large portion of this army had been colle&cd some time ago in Gallicia and Moravia, a; well as in Bohemia. The Archduke CHARLES, the idol of the army; and the favourite of all his coon. trymen, had been incessant in his efforts to put the army in the best state of preparation, and was ex peaed to take the chief command. His military talents sufficiently justify the confidence of the army. and the hopes of the people. We think it necessary to take notice of a pamphlet. which was published Gast week, entitled " A Plait , Statement of the Condua - of the Ministry and the Opposition, towards his Royal Highness the Duke cf YonK." The statements which it contains are of so very extraordinary a nature, that we cannot forbear thinking that it has been published wholly without the knowledge of his Royal Highness. Under this impression, we shall at present abstain from , making any observations, upon it. The Duke of Kent Packet, with Mails from Near York and Halifax, in 18 days from the latter place also the Nocton Packet, from Jamaica, are, arrived at Falmouth. The Letters and . Papers by both Packets will be delivered to-morrow. We hear from Bodmin, that the case of Sir C. HAWKINS, Bart. and the other Defendants on the in formation filed against them brt he Attorney-General, was on Friday tried before a Special Jury; when, after a trial which lasted from nine in the morning till four in the afternoon, all the Defendants were most honourably acquitted. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses So- PHA ' , AMELIA, and MARY, aCCOMpa' nieldbyAU GUST A, Generals CARTWRIGHT and FITZROY, rode to St. George's Chapel, and heard a sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. RYDER, from the Gospel of St. Matthew, xvtlt chap. 28th verse, and afterwards returned to Windsor PalaCe. Yesterday being the Duke of CLARENCE'S birth day, his Reyal Highness gave a superb dinner to his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of YORK, CUMBERLAND, SUSSEX, and KENT, and a large party of distinguish• ed personages, at his seat at Bushy Palk. The following notice was on Saturday affixed at the Bank and Stock Exchange :- " The Contractors for the Loan having applied to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to request that he would re' commend to the Commiss►oners for Liquidating the Publie Debt to apply a part of the tund for the redemption of tl►c 4 per cents, he has thottot proper to decline their request; and of which the Contractors tlunk it incumbent on then) z° give immediate notice." On Saturday, being the day to which Parliament was prorogued, the House of Lords met at half past three o'clock, when the Commons, represented by Mr. LEA, jun. their Clerk, appeared, attended b/ the Messengers and other Officers of the House, when his Majesty's Commissioners, the Lora l CHANCELLOR, Lord 1 - lAwKesauxY and Lord WAL. SINOHAM, prorogued Parliament till the first day 01 Nov ember. Admiral DACRES returned to Portsmouth, ot ) Wednesday last, after an absence of four year§ and seven months, at Jamaica, in which command he has been succeeded by Vice-Admiral nowt.. Several transports are fitting up at Portsmouth, for the purpose of bringing to this country, from Spain, 2000 Merino Sheep for his Majesty. _ . _ Dispatches from Jamaica were received on Satur day.. The vessel which brought them, the/Express Schooner, was only four weeks on her passage, and bring 4 intelligence that the Governor of the Havan nab had declared in favour of and proclaimed Fz:RPI' NAND th;.. Seventh. Mr. CL.p4u, the Admiralty Messenger, on his re turn from 'Windsor, last Saturday, had the misfor tune of his'horse falling with him in Hammersmith , by which he was most dreadfully bruised in the shoulder, and is attended by two surgeons of erni 4 hence; fortunately no bones were broken. The Mediterranean Packet is in future to touch at Cadiz, for which place a Mail will be made up for the first time to-morrow. It is stated in letters from the North of Germany' in consequence of the great distress arising from the want of salt in Russia, an Ukaqe has been published , ordering that all vessels freighted with that article should be admitted into the ports of that kingdorrl , without taking into consideration whether the cotlotries they came from were included in . the former prohibitions against foreign commerce. Three Danish Privateers have been recently cap tured near Heligoland ; but their names and parti eulars were not known there at the date of the Lls t accounts, the 18th inst. The importation of Portugal and Spanish wine has of late been very considerable ; upwards of 9 ° vessels have arrived from Oporto since the expulsion of the French from thence. About 150,000 gallons of wine were entered at the Custom-house during the last week, and there are now upwards of forty vessels on our coasts proceeding to the river. The Spanish Cortes are to be assembled in Sep' tember, at Toledo, and it is supposed that the DLO DE MONTIJO will then be declared Regent. a t It is said that JOSEPH EVONAPAIITE arrived Vittoria on the 2d instant, 'and on the following daY continued his route to France ; that a division of the French troops, encumbered by the baggage of the i army, its plunder, and its sick, had been surprise d on the borders of the principality of Burgos, by a body of Arragonian Patriots, under the orders of the elder brother of General PALAFox,.and cut to pieces- It was likewise stated that the Galician army, under General BLAKE, had again advanced to the Rive r Carrion to resume offensive operations, and that till Asturian levies under General P- UTE had entere d Casten, and pushed its advanced guard to Orduna , within a few leagues of Vittoria. The Emperor of Austria lately founded a ne_ ‘ Order of St. Leopold, destined for the reward °". Military Officers, Literati, Artists, &c. it consists or three classes, and the Members are allowed an at" nual pension.